A ———— Rl __ 5 v “ NEWSO¥ T'HE WEEK —It is stated that Daniel M. Fox has been selected for Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint. to succed Colonel Snowden, —The building 650 Broadway, New York, wes damaged by fire on the 30th, The loss is estimated at $80,000, of which $75,000 is on the stock of Albert Herzigan, furrier. —General Grant's condition showed little change on the 31st, he having had a good night's rest, and baving redov- ered from the agitation of Decoration Day. ~The 61st snnual meeting of the Baptist Publication Society was held on the 20th at Saratoga, — Daniel Dechert, editor of the Spirit of the Valley, the leading Republican newspaper of Harrisburg, Virginia, died suddenly of heart disease on the 31st, aged about 60 years, C. T. How- ard, of “Ingleside,” died on the 31st, at Yonkers, New York, from injuries caused by a runaway accident on the 30th. He was well known at New Or- leans, where he had a sugar plantation, ~The post-office at Baltimore was on the 31st, turned over by the retiring postmaster, Adreon, to his successor, J. Parker Veazey. ~No deaths (rom fever were report ed at Plymouth, Penna., on the 3lst., but there were three admissions to the hospital. Treasurer Shupp reports that the total of contributions for the relief of the plague-stricken people up to May 20th was $16,254.21 of which about $14,500 has been distributed, —The observance of Decoration Day was general throughout the United States. The chief interest centered in New York, where President Cleveland and several members of his cabinet took part in the proceedings, and re- viewed the parade. An incident oc- curred during the day. The Tth regi- ment and Reno and Gibson Mosts, GLA. R., paraded past General Grant’s house and saluted the General, who looked out at them from one of the windows, “When Reno and Gilson Posts passed the house, their band playing ‘Atlanta to the Nea,’ the General was wisibly af- fected. He saluted mn response to the lifted hats of the men.” —The President on the 1st appointed Isaac H, Maynard, of New York, to be Second Comptroller of the Treasury in place of Upton, resigned. Mr. May- nard was Democratic candidate Secretary of State of New York two years ago, but was defeated because of his Prohibition record. He is Deputy Attorney General of New York State, The President also appointed Robert A. Howard, of Arkansas, to be Assist. ant Attorney General; Albert N. Hath- away, of Connecticut, Consul at Nice; Robert M. Henderson, Collector of In- ternal Revenue for the Fourth District of Texas: Robert Barnett, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fourth Dis- trict of California, and George W. Julian, of Indiana, Surveyor General of New Mexico. Mr. Howard, the new Assistant Attorney General, was born in Pittsburg about 50 years ago, stud- ied law under Edwin M. Stanton, was District Attorney for the Territory of Nebraska under President Buchanan, enlisted in the Union army at the out- break of the civil war, and settled iu Little Rock r its capture by the Union forces. —According Douglas on the 1s General Grant “had a pretty fair night, sleeping in snatches and waking to apply the lotion to relieve the pain in his throat. The Doctor added ; **He 1s, I think, a little easier, but suffers very much a the disease progresses, though he is ap- parently improved in his general con- dition.” The General continued to suffer much pain during the day and did not drive out. “Dr. Douglas characterizes the statements in relation to the administering of brandy during the recent crisis of the General, as a pure misconstruction of facts, and says that Drs, Sbhrady and Sands never made the statements attributed to them.” —D. W. Rhodes, Superintendent of Division of Post-office Supplies, was on the 1st, removed by the Postmaster General, and Morrillo Noyes, of Bur- hngton, Vermont, was appointed to fill the vacancy. ~zovernor Pattison of Pa., on the 1st sent to the Legislature a veto of the Three Millions Water Loan Will —The Select Committee of the U. 8. Senate on Inter-State Commerce met on the lst, in Washington to hear dele- gations, but none appeared. The com- mittee adjourned To meet in Chicago on the 12th instant. The committee will visit St. Paul and Minneapolis about the end of the month, after which it will probably take a recess until Octo- ber, when it will make a trip South. ~The public debt statement for May shows a decrease of $4 425 484, accord- ing to the old form, or $3,350,833 ac. cording to the new. ~The total coinage of the U., 8 Mints during May, including $2,401,837 standard dollars, amounted in value to $4,055,437. -A fight took place bewteen a squad of State Rangers, under Lieutenant Ricker and a gang of Mexican borse thieves, on the Bio Grande, thirty-five miles below Eagle Pass, Texas, on the 31st. Sicker was killed and a Banger named Riley mortally wounded, The Mexicans escaped with a few of their number shghtly wounded, ~The examinations at West Point began on the 24. The trustees organ. ized by electing Governor Hoadly Pres. ident and Professor Holden Secretary, —{3emeral Grant slept seven hours on the 1st, and awoke feeling pretty well rested, Dr. Douglas reports that the swelling in GeneraljGrant’s throat “has so far abated that the parts are now ex. amined with greater ease than at any time since the General's serious illness,” The General has this week been able to eat sparingly of solid food. lis physician ex that he will be able to leave New York for the Catskills before the end of this month, " w=The President on the 21 inted as Collectors of Customs, John ©, Byx- bee, ut New Haven, jout, and Charles H. Robinson, at Wilmington, orth Carolina, 5 frp 101 eg F4 ile ¥ + 9 report of Dr. ~The President has amended ruleyih | of the Civil Service Rules relating to the examination of applicants to office by inserting after the words *‘no person dismissed from the public service for misconduct,” and before the words * shall be admitted to examination with. in two vears thereafter,” the following words: “And no person who has not been absolutely appointed or employed alter probation.” ~The President on the 84, appointed willis EF. Welsh, of Maryland, to be ity Third Auditor of the Treasury, in place of A. M, Gangewer, of Olio, resigned by request, Mr, Welsh is a native of York, Penna, He was As- sistant Secretary of Legation to Mr, Buchanan when the latter was Minister wo England, Mr. Welsh was one of the proprietors of the Age newspaper in Philadelphia for two or three years, but lisposed of his interest in that journal and removed to Baltimore, where he was for many years connec.wd editori- sly with several newspapers. The President also appointed John H. Far- ey, ex-Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, to be | Jollector of Internal Revenue for the | cleveland district. i —Colonel Stephenson, Chief of the | Middle Division of the Pension Office, 14s been requested to resign, for rea- sons not yet made public. Dep ~The members of the Cabinet have wopted the President’s rule and will hereafter receive no visitors on Satur- lays. | — Dr. Douglas remained at General yrant’s house all night on the 2d, and was called once during the night to at end the General, whose sleep was [it- ‘ul. Colonel Fred. Grant said on the 11: “I don’t believe rather will drive wny more; his experience lately while iriving has not been good, and I think 1e will not go out driving any more, at any rate pot in the Park.” —The Hessian fly is reported to be ravaging the wheat crop in Kansas, ‘In the great wheat valley of Kansas, the gypsum, in Saline county, where wheat never fails, entire [fields are being ploughed and millet sown. This 3 repeated in all parts of the State.’ I'he Hessian fly has also appeared Frederick county, Maryland. The Grand Jury at New York bas found an indictment against Ferdinand Ward for graud larceny in the de- free ** away from Ma- before ils sus- S00, O00 ext MID $ }rin rYino thie ying rine Bank a short time pension a bag containing $1, worth of bonds and securities, f babeas corpus was obtained Distnet Attorney from over and Terminer requiring juction of Ward in Court. —The family of Samuel Bowmanand some visitors, at Circleville, Ohio, were the 1st, it 18 supposed by some substance in their coffee. Samuel Bowman, aged 70 was dying at last ac- sounts, and his wife was dead, The whers were expected to recover, in Cal poisoned Or SENATE. in the te, on the 1st, after | ng to the first reading of thi LPT ry five when pportion- Action i ¥ - svt it YT 8, ad n intil ev die E f the 3 3 vetoes Of IGEAs were read. ipon them was postponed. Io th Wal wii « ¥0i3 ures 3 the ~anale on Anti-discrimination ch has been pending on the cal 51x weeks (8 measure the gme subject having been defeated in die House) came up on second reading is the special order. The motion to ndefinitely postpone the bill resulted, yeas 19, nays 25. © OE on y 1 - f - fadhi iL In the Senate on the 3d the opinion was generally expressed that all sary legislation can readily be disposed of in time for final adjournment next week. A number of Senate bills pass- sd second reading, among them the following : Ammending tne ineorpora- tion acts so as to relieve full paid capi- tal stock from liability to further as- sessment ; to regulate the business of storage of merchandise, furniture and other goods in cities of the first class, Adjourned, NeCes- HOUSE, In the House, the Senate Anthracite Mine law pas-ed second reading. Mr. Vogdes offered a resolution to piace the Senate Underground Wire Bill on the calendar; but withdrew it on being informed that the Municipal Corporation Committee had not had possession of the measure for the ten days allowed under the rules. Ad- journed. The Governor's veto of the Water Loan bill was sustained in the House, The vote on the ques. tion of passing the bull over the veto was—vyeas 40, nays 119. The vote by | which the bill appropriating $15,000 for nu hospital at Johnstown was defeated, was reconsidered, and the bill was passed finally, The remainder of the At the afternoon se:s‘oufthe House passed the following appropriation bills | tinally: $280,000 for the Western Penn- | sylvania Hospital, $10,000 for Southern | Hospital, $60,000 for the erection of | hospitals in the bituminous coal regions, | $5000 for St. Christopher’s Hospital, ! Philadelphia, $5000 for the Pennsylva- | nia Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, $10,000 Williamsport Hos- ital, $5000 for North Side Hospital, 15,000 for Mercy Hospital, PiStetort: $50,000 for Hahnemann Hospital, Phil- adelphia, $500 for Wayne Monument, Erie, $10,000 for the Coal Miners’ Hospital, At the night session a message was received from the Governor announce ing his disapproval of the bill allowing to Sheriffs for boarding prisoners, The bill allows a maximum sum of 50 sents per person, which the Governor considers to be extravagant, For this reason he witholds his signature. The House refused-yeas 98, nays 84-0 pess the bill over the veto. A AI MIO RSS, A check for over nineteen thousand dollars was found in New York recent ly by a man unable to read, but who knew it was a check, and forwarded it 0 the proper persons, : DAYBREAK. | « revolved and ended his existence ou | prised her in this position, and, con. Shadows | the spot. The following evening Niva | fused and blushing, quitted the room { ’Elnen appeared in ber box at the { and strolled indifferently on the terraced | { Opera, smiling and casting about her | walk, Niva, left alone flung herself sobbing on her couch, Suddenly the | disdainful glances, as if conscious of | frenzied thought entered her mind that tlie necessity of braving whatever pre- | | judice public opinion might have in- | perhaps Henri loved another, Dressing voked against her, for the suicide had | precipitately, the Countess entered a | carriage and drove to the lodgings of her stranger lover, He occupied a small entresol in the Hue de Prony. Fortunately for her design, Henri had not returned, Crossing the palm of the portress with a golden open-seasame, she entered the apartment and hurriedly overturning the drawers and hunting in the cases. In the bottom of a drawer she found a little casket, “It is here,” she cried: and, seizing a poniard from the the lock. The casket contained letters, a hand- kerchief, a bow of velvet, a hittle with- ered bouquet. these letters were in her handwriting, this handkerchief was embroidered with her name, this bow of velvet she remembered to have worn on one occasion, At the boltom of casket she descried a locket, which she precipitately opened, “Monsieur De Saint-Laurs!” affrighted. door had The night seems long, my Father. : rise, And dark across my pathway fall, There is no light of dawn in Orient skies, And sorrows shroud me like a pall; The stars of Faith and Hope so dim lave grown, Ol! rift the gloom and send their radiance become a public scandal, down. at | the Opera, a young man was observed standing at the orchestra-door, lis eyes | fixed the From the moment she perceived him Niva ap- Six months passed, One evening The morn was fair, seen with glad child. hood's eyes, A world of sun Not sweeter was the bliss of shine, love and flowers; on Countess, Paradise, As onward fled the swift-winged hours; At noon I reveled in the sunshine still And telt no prescience of the twilight chill. | peared troubled. ; “He is almost a child,” she thought, | Pegan | “What can he want of me?" True, the youth seemed hardly out of his teens, but his pale, beardless face I am so tired, my Father. The rough path Is strewn with wrecks of joys long gone 1 scarce can lift my dim and weary gaze To watch the coming of the dawn. On! let me lean and rest against Thy Heart Till glorious day shall break and night de- part. TR IRR NEMESIS. was full of passionate, energetic expres. » mantle, she forced ’" His beauty captivated all eyes, From the even on the | other side of forty, leveled their glasses towards the corner of the orchestra, where he remained immovable and | indifferent to the performance, When the third act was finished, the Countess | ’Elnen experiencing an indeflinable | sense of uneasiness, partly opened the door of her box. Young beaux, leaders | of the german, knights of impiety, and defenders of the Holy Bread, pressed & cried, | forward to greet her. In the corridor The her eyes encountered those of the youth Heunrt, regarding her with fixed gaze, The “Yes,” said he; **it is truly M. De turned to the Baron de La- | Saint-Laurs—the man who killed him- was by her and | self because your actions brought him he knew the youthful to despair, 1 witnessed the death of his young wite through You urely sown many tears and great 5100. boxes wollen F ut Among the arrivals at Nice during the present season I noticed was the The Countess had rented an isolated villa in the the vicinity of Cimiez., It was a seclu- ded habitation, with high walls entirely surrounding the garden. The gate was heavily barred and the windows over- looking the highway remained stantly closed, Before the villa a par- terre of orange and lemon trees formed the border for a dense hedge of rose pushes and cammelias, In this pic- turesque tomb of flowers the Countess Niva d’Elnen might almost be sald to have buried herself alive. The sudden disappearance of this i but lately so brilliant and so much sought the opened, admitting COll= Countess who glide, if anry, inquired stranger. “My faith, no)” ‘but it is very easy He box and a saad the “RB stranger. mar “Monsieur,” grief, replied the have Baron; ascertain.’ IESpAlr al to ng ye , madame.”’ left the t—Who, then, are you?” de- worldling, : led the Countess, Mademoiselle De Saint-Laurs, : : x 4 ¥ 0 Yo 8 ir JOVEr Ol a Lg after by the great world of Parls, only he asked, *"woul bef ‘ iths before, I f + oil VO 1A and with indiscreet to inquire your name?’’ in the “My name is card with you?” geance. occurred a few me Of all : $4 LNT # . & 48 ¥% iY an worrnan 7 cities, Paris is perhaps the most difficul Not the slightest world, 10u WOIGAL ! in which certal The very 1 . WY ag to hide oneself when once a | replied. on my X 68, n notoriety has been oblalned. walls are glass, Your pia aidence i8 known, even your prefere: habits, ters of personal gossip, MOOK ; one morning ¥ A r jacket, she discovered nd here is mine.’ The int-Laurs received capital awoke what had d'Elnen, whitonest to tha eve becotne of day followir gr ¥ Willleness y the eyes } The ith a burst She had her Then, with a burs rushed in his breast, ut the Countess | of Satanic iaughier, she rushed had name was Her and at tl from tions, and was everywhere the admired of the beaumonde, when suddenly, with- out a person being informed of the rea- the Hotel d’Einen was even the portress remained, with we Italiens, gave weekly recep | thrust V"Elnen found ir1 De 1'le d'Elle, The day following, a note who might, 2 arrived addressed oe then for the Baron aL wie | @ i son, closed, horse § Not whom could be left a card or an inqui Absolutely ry. rom that day not a step could the | will not condemn It was in vain that the frequenters of nxicusly scanned sn Bois de Boulogne [ongehamps, s her shadow. . the Made. yuld be und anywhere of the 0 find him. charming fagitive, had vanished, The report of echoed like funeral knell within the cir | regard cle of the society of the | Germain and the Rue de Women of this kind are rare in Society can count a scor if | fell at the feet . Pe 1 ¥ ¥ T : . and, drawing asi Laurs had i veered ing dropped the curtain, Ii id fey Madame *y : i ¢ 5% i ¢ vy pd “ than (FERRE : Ail, SRR) : Liviadl Ny. jal ail Lt il her wis oCCu- aux r to ndeed, that erishiy of Henr Known arcely I refer 4 1 type It read: i yf at most, y women of the them Madame 4'Elr i whose husban ome to morrow | As he ment the Countess a “You love you, And, dropping into an arm cl wept her first tears of emotion, “Yes I love you," responded Henri, with a serious voice; ‘but what i Think you I flatter with the hope of tearing you from the world, to which you s0 fondly cling, and which I detest?” “What is your age?” Countess, “Twenty-two years. But, young as | I am. I have passed the ecstacies of youth and have come to regard the world and its attractions with the eye of a stole, 1 came hither at your request to gare yel nearer upon my ¢dol, but never again permit me to enter your door, for there is danger, great danger, in the passion which now : consumes me." * Niva smiled like a Madonna. “And if I am bold enough to desire your visita?" she asked, “1 have forewarned you of the peril,” he answered. “Peril and happiness go hand hand," responded the Countess, “Be it 80, then” From that time onward with the morning came Henri to the house of is occupy so insignificant a place it He came, their wives may almost be considered as farkat magat fully tions .' she said; *‘and readily be enlarged acd mo loped, i fate of over his subjects as fleet Liorses speed along the course, The ( strolls liv along the gardenwalks at Cimlez, Her eves seem fol- her which are far From time she a miniature —that De Saint-Laurs--and covers with Kisses, In the radiant sunlight, soft widows or denwiselles, What creatures love me these are owe their sex only! robe or the turn of a fan! out even 80 much as a rock whereby to allure one on to danger! tender, transported by effusions, viva- cious, careless and lavish was Countess d’Elnen--like Susanne, financee of Figaro, full of grace and joviality. What tears had been shed at the threshold of her door! what sighs wasted on her balcony! what promises, what disappointed hopes in her tapes. tried boudoir! Alas! that it should be so! Niva D'Elnen, for whom so many swords had flashed in the sunshine—for | whom so many pistol shots had been exchanged--N1va was no more in Paris, What had happened? What was the cause of her departure? The Count d'Elnen resided sometimes in London, sometimes at Vienna, Lit- tie reason had his wife to long for greater hberty, Did an unsatiated desire for solitude possess her? Such | could hardly have been the case, for | lovers followed her footsteps, though none of them had ever found a place in that lump of ice which she called her | heart. The latest victim, who in despair of his love for her blew out his brains, was Nueil de Saint Laurs, a | young naval officer and commander of | we who also,’ deve Sirens witl wir, she cluonicler to dash Capriciously ountess Niva d’Elnen mat- | =a ters it? myself | pale and wasted, lowing AWAY. th. the ¢ he th thoughts, time 0 Rares of Mademoi- it upon asked tne selle under the southern skies, Niva shivers, and is by a fatal cough. She 8 | Auvother spring, the | will blossom on her then, exhausted slowly dying. wild flowers perhaps forgotten grave. - li bss Not at all A Scotch subaltern at Gibraltar was | one aay on guard with another offices who unluckily fell down a precipice 400 | feet, and was killed. Non-military | | readers should understand that in the | guard reports there is a small addendum | in | vie, “XN. B.—Nothing extraordinary { since guard mounting.” Our friend, | | however, said nathing about the accl- | dent, and some hours after, the brigade | | master came to his quarters on the part | the Countess, Seating himself at the | of the « flicer commandiug, with the re. piano, he would sing for hours, with a | POTt ID his hand, to demand an expla- | a frigate. Married to a cousin in Brit- | clear, meh volee, ballads of love and { pation. “You say, ‘N. B.—Nothing | tany, be had deserted his young wife | passion that brought tears to her eyes. extraordinary since guard mounting,’ | and two little ones to follow in the path | He toyed with her like a magnetizer; | Wheu your brother officer. om duty has of the enchantress His modest income | but at midnight he would retire, bid. | fallen down Rod og An 400 feet and | of five or six thousand francs was soon | ding the Countess a formal good night. | Deen killed.” “Weel, sir,” replied he, | swallowed up amid tne dissipations of | They were sometimes seen on horse. | dinna think there's anything extra- Parisian life, His effects, sold Ly the | back, always on a gallop, seeking the ordinary in that; if he'd faun doen a sheriff, passed into the hands of stran- | solitary promenades of the Bois. The precipice 400 feet and no been killed, 1 gers, and a relative received his poor | Countess desired to pass a few days at | Should hae thought it very extraord:- children. The abandoned wife and | the seaside. Henri accompanied her, | D8ry indeed, and wad hae put it doon widowed mother had been forced to | They were alone—entirely alone—in a | in my report. earn her own Hvelihiood at menial ser | retired nook of the Normandy coast. vice, Niva lived only for this strange Platonic It was rumored that the Countess had | youth, whom she adored as pever mor- given her heart to the naval officer. tal was adored before. She would Yes, but il was the gift’ of a moment | throw herself on his neck, clasping only-the love of a night, which passed | him in her arms—to no purpose; her away with the returning dawn. advances were always firmly though It was a stormy evening, during a | gently repulsed, relache at the Opera, Saint Laurs was | One evening she threw herself at his in the boudoir of the Countess, suppli- | feet half-robed. Henri coldly turned cating and threatening by turns, Sbe | and left her, when she fell fainting to at last dismissed him. Eight days | the floor. The countess became al afterwards he met her on the arm of | most distracted, failing always to find the Prince de Galice. In despair he | the way to a heart that would not be returned to his lodgings, and there | won. At times she poised before her found a letter from his young wife, | mirror, smiling and calli herself telling bim of the death of their youn: | wHonLr TT 2 Extraordinay. A Peoulinr Castom The Cape Verde islands are fourteen in number, and contain a population or eighty thousand. The manners and customs of the people have remained unchanged for years, which is natural enough, in view of the fact that the ruling principle of their lives is to live without work, A peculiar custom is noted by a recent visitor at the islands, His hostess was smoking a cigarette, when suddenly she drew it from her lips and offered it to him. Though somewhat startled, he accepted it with the best grace he could command, and upon subsequent inquiry found that it est child, and that she herself often| She pressed her cold lips to the glass was considered the greatest compli- wanted for bread. Saint-Laurs seized | and closed ber eyes. One day he sur. » ment a lady could pur to a gentlewan FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Put self last. Be prompt at every meal, Fear is stronger than love, Agree for the law is costly, Dying is as natural as living, Care and diligence bring luck. Hatred ig blind as well as love, Children are poor men’s riches, ies Indust ¥ 41 catint £4 3 TRY BRS © FOICTIeR8 RIWAYS envy ¥. Heaven 18 worth the whole world. A danger foreseen is half avoided. The cobbler's wife He doeth much, that By doing nothing A good example 18 the ig badly shod, loveth much we earn Lo ao ii DESL sermon $ Do good if you expect to recels A good friend is my nearest relat It is a manly act to forsake a Take little annoyance out of the way, All men have their imprudent days, Ignorance is the mother of impudence, He doth ing well, A quiet cousc sleep, Empty sound. He th mercy. A civil grant, Better credit, Noone kn burden. much that doth a ENOe causes VERBS #} F Weather. Recollect that trifies make peri and that perfection is no trifle Hide your own troubles, bu to help others out of theirs A code of perfect persona pever can be made definite. It often seems more Qifl serve a blessing than to obtain it A large charity Is growih vaars. the last result of many tnals, He Can Suppress a the vei $% who moment's Do but half of what and you can Never interrupt any conversation, The love of glory can only create a man. What science calls the unformity of God. Take hold of the kuob and shut every door behind you without slam. If the poor man cannot always get gest it. Act well at the moment have performed a good action Wu 1 eternity. Speech is noble only when, like honest money, it represents the goid of thought. The creed of the true saint is W make the best of life, and make the most of it. It seems to me that beauty is part of the finished language by which good- ness speaks, Devote each day to the object then in time, the evening will find something done. Most of our misery comes from our fearing and disliking things that never bappened at all. Chaplain once said beautifully: “The fatal fact about the hypocrite is that he is a hypocrite.” Don't assume the attitude of saying ~goe how clever 1 am, and what fun everybody else is! vod does not desire that we should pitch our tents in the valley of repent} ance and humiliation, Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there Is one less in the world. Every man throws on to his san roundings the sunshine or the shadow that exists in his own soul. A nation does wisely, starving her wen of them aud they are done for, ad you
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